News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1887-10-20
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in Michigan, with over $500 members.
In the courtroom at Cofeeville,
Miss, recently, a young man just &C
quilted of the murder of an old man,
was married to the niece of the VIC
tim, the Judge tying the knot.
The tin peddler, whose face has
been familiar in the rural districts for
so many years, is fast becoming a
thing of the past, owing to the great
cheapening of tin goods in the large
cities.
Jack-"Ethel, 1 am ashamed of
you. / sfw that Frenchman in the
conservatory kissing you repeatedly.
Why didn't you tell him to stop"
Ethel couldn't, Jack" Jack
"You couldn't? Why not?" Ethel
81 can't speak French"
A citizen who had just laid down
5000 for a span of carriage horses,
was driving out Woodward Avenue
the other day when he met farmer
coming in with load of apples. De-
string to chaff the stranger Bit he
drew up and inquired: "Say, how'll
you trade teams?" The farmer halt
ed, got down from his vehicle, looked
the team over, and slowly replied !;
"Waal, by gosh p "Whats the mat
ter?' "It you hadn't stopped me ]
wouldn't have knowed the team"
"Did you ever see these horses be-
fore?" "Did L? Why, 1 raised 'em
Sold 'em both to a horse trader in
town three weeks ago. That nigh one
has the heaves, and the other is a
cribber and has two spavins. I'll trade
with you fur SIS, and that's allowing
$25 apiece more on your horses than
got" The owner of the "spank-
ers" hasn't seen peaceful hour since
that meeting. Detroit Free Press.
A young brokers' clerk of the dud-
est sort made his first appearance on
the New York Stock Exchange the
other day, and offered to buy 100
shares Of Reading. The seller in
quired if he wanted yellow or pink
shares, as the former are given to
men purchasers and the others to the
ladies. The youth didn't know, you
know, but went to his employers to
find out, and the joke was passed
around among the bulls and bears,
who waited for Mr.. Verdant to return.
When he made his appearance the jol-
" crowd smashed his new hat and
otherwise testified its appreciation OF
the dignity of Wall street until the
victim was quite unpresentable. The
youthful financier took the fun in good
part, and said he was happy to have
afforded the others such circus.
A letter from Teheran describes
the appearance of the Shah when he
travels in state. First come the camel
artillery led by kettle drummers, then
a guard of mounted police. Next
comes solitary horseman bearing an
immense gold mace; then crowd OF
running footmen in scarlet and gold,
each carrying big silver baton and
wearing the ancient Kaianian cap
with jlngling bells. Finally the Shah
himself appears, mounted on price
less steed, its neck decorated with q
big broad band of gold which glitters
with gems. The animals tail is dyed
a bright crimson, distinction which
is reserved for the horses of the mon
archs of Persia and their sons. The
Shah wears a coat of Cashmerean
shawl, trimmed with the Sims of the
black fox. Each button of his coat
is big diamond. At his girdle is a
circular ornament of precious stones,
which, like the scabbard and the hilt
of his sword, blazes in the hot sun.
On his neat little black hat is the row.
al jika, sort of plume of diamonds.
An Alabama veteran says that
when the war broke out the South
placed great reliance on the Texan
Rangers, who were expected to make
magnificent cavalry. But the expert
ence of a few months proved that as
cavalry they were utterly worth
less, and this because they did not
know how to ride. The Rangers were
perfectly at home in the saddle, and
could ride the widest horse with ease,
and as far as sticking on went, were
probably the best horsemen in the
world. But they could not be made
to see the necessity of taking care of
their horses. Schooled in a land
where men were few and horses drug
in the market they would ride horse
to death in a few days, and after 8
two weeks campaign scarcely doz-
en- serviceable mounts would be found
in an entire regiment, and the rangers
soon became an incumberance. As
the war progressed they became more
efficient, but not until they had ceased
to be cowboys and learned to ride
| like soldiers.